The Space Economy at an Inflection Point: Policy, Capital, and Power

​Chenel Capital Partners welcomes you to a private, in-person discussion with Dr. Alex MacDonald, former Chief Economist of NASA.

​This conversation will examine how policy decisions, geopolitical competition, and capital markets are reshaping the space economy at a structural level. The goal is to move past headlines and narratives and focus on incentives, constraints, and long-term economic reality.

​Topics include:
1. What the appointment of Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator could mean for agency priorities and execution
2. Whether the Artemis program is truly on schedule, how credible China’s timeline is, and what “winning” the return to the Moon actually implies
3. Lunar infrastructure, cislunar strategy, and the emerging economics of space-based resources
4. What a potential SpaceX IPO would signal for space markets, public investors, and industrial policy
5. How Chenel Capital is thinking about investing across these shifts as the space sector matures

​This is an off-the-record, moderated discussion for investors and operators who want to be better informed about where the space economy is heading—and why.